With Jaxson Dart done for the season because of a knee injury, the Giants have a decision to make at quarterback. And if they’re going to break from the usual playbook and give up anything to add help, there’s one name that makes the most sense here: Tommy DeVito.
DeVito is now with the New England Patriots, but the case for a reunion in East Rutherford is simple enough. The Giants need another arm in the room, and DeVito is the only quarterback in this situation worth spending an asset on.
He wouldn’t be coming back to challenge Dart, and he wouldn’t necessarily be brought in to replace Jameis Winston as the starter. Still, there would be a spot available, and DeVito fits it.
New York does have other options. Jake Haener is on the practice squad, Brandon Allen was with the team this offseason, Jimmy Garoppolo is out there somewhere, and Joe Milton III could be available from Dallas without costing anything. But DeVito stands apart from that group.
There’s a football case for him, too. DeVito has played in 12 NFL games with eight starts, completing 65.3 percent of his passes for 1,358 yards, eight touchdowns and three interceptions. As an undrafted rookie in 2023, he went 3-3 as a starter after being dropped into a rough situation, so the Giants already know he can handle being thrown into the middle of chaos.
He’s also only 28, which matters here. This wouldn’t be a move for some veteran who has been out of football forever. DeVito already knows the organization, and his return wouldn’t create any debate over whose team this is once Dart is back.
The issue is what New England would want in return. The Giants are already light on draft capital, with only five picks in the 2027 Draft, so giving up anything meaningful would make little sense. A late-round pick in 2028 is the kind of price that would at least open the conversation.
There’s also the emotional side of it, and that’s hard to ignore. The Tommy Cutlets run was one of the rare genuinely fun stretches in a frustrating era of Giants football.
DeVito, an undrafted Illinois product from North Jersey, was living with his parents and eating his mother’s chicken cutlets when he suddenly found himself starting for the team he grew up near. He then helped the Giants win three straight games, turning the whole thing into the football version of Linsanity.
The pinched-finger celebration took off everywhere, and even his agent, Sean Stellato, became a local name. Restaurants were putting food on menus in his honor, and MetLife had a different energy.
Right now, DeVito is behind Drake Maye in Foxborough and has been called "Two Chains," but the fit back with the Giants still hangs in the air. New York has ways to add another quarterback without giving anything away, and that’s usually the kind of thing a well-run team would prefer. Still, if the Giants are going to spend draft assets on a quarterback to get through the rest of this season, Tommy DeVito is the one worth bringing home.
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